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Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Scraptastic Tuesday - May Link Up

I have been working on one of my #finishalong2017 projects and have been loving it! It is the #bringmeflowersquilt by the lovely, super talented Jen Kingwell. I have decided to change it up a bit - I always like to add my own personal touch to a quilt when following a pattern and I'm changing the setting of this one and adding my own flower blocks.

Here are some of the blocks I've added - apart from the background fabric these blocks just use small pieces of fabric...

And this is how I'm framing each block: first with a solid colour featured in the block and then with some 1 1/2" low volume squares...

To complete my planned 36 block layout I need three more flower blocks - I'll be repeating this one which I designed based on the Tallahassee block from this wee book : 500 quilt blocks by Lynn Goldsworthy and Kerry Green""...

and I need to think of one more design. I think that has been the most fun part of this project, though I have learnt lots from the designs by Jen of course. She mixes lots of techniques in this quilt, including English paper piecing, foundation paper piecing and applique. So lots of things to try out on a small scale of you want. I even did the English paper piecing .....not my favourite technique but I can tolerate I small amount.

And here is the fabric I have leftover from those supplied by Amitie Textiles. I think I have enough - though I'll probably add background fabrics. The rest I want to cut into 11/2" squares to make a wonderful postage stamp border ....

And this is a photo of all the blocks together when I last had them on my design wall ...

There are a few more now of course...

So what scrappy business have you been up to? It's the second Tuesday of the month and that means that the Scraptastic Tuesday link is open. Please share your scrappy projects, in progress or completed or your tips for using or organizing your scraps.

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I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to share with us this month.